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| - We were passing through Cleveland and decided that Pirogi sounded good. So we Yelped and saw all the nice reviews of Sokolowski's and decided that it would be good choice for real Polish food.
Well first of all the food was pretty good. But what we didn't know until we got there is that Sokolowski's is really not a restaurant. It is more a cafeteria that serves Polish fare exclusively. That is not a bad thing. It's just a fact.
On the night we arrived, right around dinner time, a large athletic group of about 80 kids had descended on the place. So as soon as we walked in the door, we saw a long line of these kids and maybe another two hundred or more people lined up from the steam table counters, past the front door, wrapping around corners and ending up at the back door of the restaurant. We were considering just giving up, but we figured that this place must be really great to have line like this. So we decided to stick it out.
We chatted with the other loyal patrons and found out that most had been here before and that they really liked the place. After waiting about an hour to get to the food, we selected as typical Polish fare as we could order. They do have items like Prime rib, grilled Tilapia and New York Strip on the menu. But instead of ordering generic menu items, we selected things like Pirogis, Sauerkraut, Kielbasa, Stuffed Cabbage, dumplings and the like.
The food, although served a bit cold, was generally tasty and plentiful. The Freshly baked roils were really nice with a saltiness that made them a bit special. We had also opted for the Sokolowski branded bottled beverages over the fountain drinks and these were pretty good too. A beer or two, which they do serve, would have gone well with the food, but since we were driving, we passed on that.
There was a basic salad bar with the usual choices of dressings and topping. IT was nothing particularly special and salad was included with our dinners.
Some nice deserts were in evidence, but we passed on those too because we were driving.
All in all, this was a nice family style and inexpensive meal experience. It was not fine-dining and we had to wait a long time for food that could have been served a bit warmer. We did get our pirogi fix satisfied nicely and the Kielbasi, stuffed cabbage and Kraut, etc. hit the spot.
I would go back again, but I would not wait an hour for a meal here again. It was pretty good, but less than spectacular.
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